Old News
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To:
"Stanly County ARC"
<members@k4ogb.org>
Here's the link to Hinson's
Auction Service that is handling Fred's (N4NMS)
estate. Complete list and some photos shown. The
auction is July 31st @ 9 AM.
http://www.hinsonauction.com/auction_07_31_2010.html 73 Carl W4EAT |
Fred Thomas Smith
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To: members@k4ogb.org
The 2010 edition of Field Day is quickly
approaching. After volunteering as FD Chairman, I
find myself very busy for a change and won't be
putting a lot of effort in chairing. Since we've
done Field Day for quite a few years, I think just
instructing everyone to "bring what you've always
brought" should be good enough. 6/11/10 |
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W4VEC Special Test Session June 30, 2010 Salisbury "Sam Roberts" <sroberts@pipeline.com> undisclosed-recipients
Good Afternoon Everyone, 6/15/10 |
| Guys, Fred (N4NMS) is back at Stanly Manor Retirement Home, Room 305. I'm sure he would love to have you stop buy for a visit. I will see if I can get a phone number for him. From 24/27 towards New London
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| Cabarrus County in preparation
for Field Day Sam - KA4ATT 5/11/10 |
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From:
ncares-admin-bounces@rtpnet.org [mailto:ncares-admin-bounces@rtpnet.org]
On Behalf Of
Bill Morine N2COP
Bernie Nobles, WA4MOK, has resigned as Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) and Tom Brown, N4TAB, has agreed to serve as his replacement. Bernie served as SEC since 2003 and indicated he wanted to spend more time with family. During his term ARES made great strides in improving the ICS credentialing of county ECs , streamlining relations with state agencies and upgrading digital EmCOMM applications through Winlink. He provided steady leadership during a time of tremendous technological and organizational change, and we wish him and his wife, Phyllis, well. Tom has served as Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator (ASEC) for the Central Branch, and has been instrumental in improving Amateur Radio response capability at the state Emergency Operations Center (EOC). A strong proponent of interoperability, Tom will expand integration of Amateur Radio in the state’s emergency communications plans. We appreciate Bernie’s accomplishments and we welcome Tom as North Carolina ARES moves towards 21st century EmCOMM solutions.
73,
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Ladies &
Gentlemen,
It is with
my dismay
that I have
resigned the
position of
NC SEC, due
to family
commitments,
and various
other
reasons. It
has been a
pleasure to
work with
all of you
during the
past seven
years,
and all of
you have
made a lot
of
progress over
the last few
years
with everyone
working hard
to make NC
ARES one of
the best.
Whoever
takes the
position
as NC SEC I
wish them
the best,
and hope
they will
lead NC ARES
into the
21st century.
My
resignation
was
affective as
of
June 4, 2010.
Besides my
family
amateur
radio will
always be a
big part of
my life and
NC ARES.
Thanks to
All 73 |
| Thanks Bernie (WA4MOK) for your efforts
over the last 10 years as service as the S.E.C. Myself and
folks in the Western Branch will certainly miss you. Good luck to you in your future endeavors. Tom (N4TAB), Welcome aboard. Paul - KD4OZI |
| ----- Original Message ----- From: <bstewart@windstream.net> To: "Ralph Brown WB4AQK" <rkbrown5902@bellsouth.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:18 PM Subject: W4VEC Special Test Session June 30, 2010 Salisbury Good Afternoon Everyone, We will be having a special W4VEC Test session at the Rowan County Main Library on June 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Hurley Room. The Technician exams are scheduled to change on July 1, 2010. We would like for anyone that has been studying for the Technician license to have a chance to take the exam before the test changes. We will also be giving exams at the Firecracker Hamfest on July 10 but the new question pool will be in effect. Practice tests can be taken online at www.hamtest.com or www.qrz.com
5/15/10 |
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Meeting Excellent presentation by David (KJ4ZJR) on the up coming XTERRA Uwharrie triathlon (Sunday) May 2, 2010. Stanly County will need to provide communication for 3 check points. So we will need your help. Station 4 needs to have operators in position by 10 am with Check point 1 and 2 on frequency at by 830 am. I will provide more data later but for now look at your calendar and circle the date so that you can make plans to be there. Lunch is provided and worth being there just for the lunch. This is good experience for our our new and OLD operators. If you will contact David e-mail address so that he may update his who attending list and provide more information as needed. David need to know who plans to attend by April 12th.
For more information
www.XTERRAUwharrie.com I would hope that we can man the 3 checkpoint with 4 or 5 folks.
Paul - KD4OZI |
| Tax Scam Warning from IRS |
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members@k4ogb.org
Guys,
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To:
KD4OZI@BELLSOUTH.NET
Dear members of the Roanoke Division. As you are aware,
we have a new
Vice Director, Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ. I requested Jim to put together a brief bio and to give his impressions of his first two months in office, which follows. 73, Dennis Bodson, W4PWF ARRL Director Roanoke Division
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| Amateur Radio Operators are invited to learn how to employ Depiction before and during emergencies to enhance their planning and response capabilities. David Friedman, KE7GOY, an Amateur Radio Operator and emergency response volunteer, and retired Navy Captain Kim Buike of Depiction, Inc., will demonstrate how Friedman used Depiction to coordinate rescue operations during 2008 winter floods in the Seattle area, as described in the November 2009 edition of QST magazine. They will also show how Amateur Radio Operators can use the latest version of the software to do the same. |
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| Hello all, I just received a phone call from a person identifying themselves as with "Consumer Rewards" telling me my phone number had been selected to receive $400.00 in Wal-Mart gift cards. He assured me there was no catch, all I had to do was pay $3.95 Shipping and Handling. Of course then he wanted my credit or debit card number. He already had my name, address, and phone number. This is obviously a scam. DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO ANYONE CALLING YOU WITH SUCH OFFERS. Remember, if it seems too good to be true it probably is. This is for real, it just happened to me. Pass this along to let others know that this scam is out there. Peace and 73 Adam WK4P 1/21/10 |
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Tickets at the door $10.00 Stanly County |
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NEW NC SECTION MANAGER ELECTED Monthly Summary for December 2009 News last updated: Mon, January 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM ET JANUARY NC SECTION NEWS NEW NC SECTION MANAGER ELECTED My four years as your ARRL Section Manager have been the most rewarding experience of my 33 years in Amateur Radio. But expanding work responsibilities and a couple of over-active kids make it hard for me to devote enough time to the important work we've doing in the North Carolina section. But the section will be in good hands when my term expires. On December 10, Bill Morine, N2COP, our current Section Public Information Coordinator was declared the next NC Section Manager, running unopposed in the election. Bill's term begins April 1. Bill was first licensed in 1970 as WN1NOP and got his General and his current call of N2COP in 1981 while living in New Jersey. Bill became an Extra in 2001. Bill is a life member of ARRL and QCWA. He and XYL Pam have two sons: Reid, W4RSM, and Grant, W4GHM, who was named Young Ham Of The Year in 2007. Bill became an ARRL Public Information Officer (PIO) in 2000, was named section Public Information Coordinator (PIC) in 2004, and became a member of ARRL's national Public Relations Committee in 2005. Bill has served as chairman of the national PR committee since 2008. He is an Assistant EC in New Hanover County (Wilmington) and is also an ARRL and W4VEC Volunteer Examiner. Bill has worked extensively with Boy Scouts, and served on the staff of K2BSA at the 2001 and 2005 National Jamborees. He has helped over 1,800 Boy Scouts earn the Radio Merit badge, and has helped over 300 Scouts and Scout leaders nationally and in North Carolina get licensed. He served as the first chairman of CARES, the Carolinas Amateur Radio Emergency Services, from 2001 to 2006, implementing a 220 MHz network in southeastern North Carolina dedicated to public health traffic in disasters. Since 2008, he has served as head of communications for the Beach 2 Battleship triathlon, the only full iron distance (140.6 miles over 17 hours) triathlon in the Roanoke Division. Bill and his wife run an independent financial planning practice in Wilmington. The North Carolina Section is fortunate to have so many strong leaders like Bill and I know you will join me in supporting him as he assumes his new and challenging responsibilities. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, CW WORKS! Running our section SSB nets has been a big challenge since we returned to standard time. The band frequently goes long soon after sunset and while Midwest stations boom in, it's hard to hear others in North Carolina. There have been several Tarheel nets with NO check-ins because of poor band conditions. So I've been occasionally checking into our section CW nets to get my "net fix" and polish my rusty fist. I've been amazed at how often I've listened to a struggling SSB net only to move to the CW frequencies to find a full net with perfectly readable stations from all over the state. It's a reminder of the effectiveness of CW even in poor conditions. Joel Hallas, W1ZR, wrote an interesting article about CW for the May, 2007 QST. According to Joel, CW has major advantages over voice and other modes. CW has much lower bandwidth than SSB. How well we can receive a signal is specified by its signal to noise ratio (SNR). If we change our receive filter from 2.5kHz for voice to 250Hz for CW we reduce the received noise power by a factor of 10. That's equivalent to 2 S-units improvement in SNR. To gain the same SNR improvement with SSB we would need to increase the transmit power from 100w to 1000w! With a higher SNR for CW, it's much easier to detect a weak CW signal than a weak voice signal. A good CW operator can copy code at or below the noise level. To copy voice it takes a minimum of 3-5 dB SNR. Because of the narrower bandwidth, five or more CW stations can fit into the space one SSB signal can fit. But what's this all mean? It means your CW signal can usually get through when your voice signal cannot. Your 100w CW transmitter can get to places that your neighbor's 2000w voice transmitter can't! So try one of our CW nets some night when you're struggling to copy the net control for an SSB net. A great place to start is with the Carolina Slow Net, which meets nightly at 8pm on 3.571MHz. Helpful info on the net can be found at http://bellsouthpwp2.net/r/g/rg_burns/index.htm. UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC March 13-14: Charlotte Hamfest, Concord April 3: NC State Convention, Raleigh Hamfest DECEMBER TRAFFIC K4IWW 561 (BPL), N3BW 267, W2EAG 233, KI4YV 228, W4DNA 61, W4TTO 61, W4FAL 45, KE4AHC 34, K8SKX 30, W4EHF 26, KC4PGN 22, W3HL 21, NC4VA 16. DECEMBER PSHR NC4VA 273, K4IWW 130, W4DNA 130, W4FAL 130, W2EAG 110, KI4YV 100, W4TTO 100.
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NEW NC SECTION MANAGER ELECTED Monthly Summary for December 2009 News last updated: Mon, January 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM ET JANUARY NC SECTION NEWS NEW NC SECTION MANAGER ELECTED My four years as your ARRL Section Manager have been the most rewarding experience of my 33 years in Amateur Radio. But expanding work responsibilities and a couple of over-active kids make it hard for me to devote enough time to the important work we've doing in the North Carolina section. But the section will be in good hands when my term expires. On December 10, Bill Morine, N2COP, our current Section Public Information Coordinator was declared the next NC Section Manager, running unopposed in the election. Bill's term begins April 1. Bill was first licensed in 1970 as WN1NOP and got his General and his current call of N2COP in 1981 while living in New Jersey. Bill became an Extra in 2001. Bill is a life member of ARRL and QCWA. He and XYL Pam have two sons: Reid, W4RSM, and Grant, W4GHM, who was named Young Ham Of The Year in 2007. Bill became an ARRL Public Information Officer (PIO) in 2000, was named section Public Information Coordinator (PIC) in 2004, and became a member of ARRL's national Public Relations Committee in 2005. Bill has served as chairman of the national PR committee since 2008. He is an Assistant EC in New Hanover County (Wilmington) and is also an ARRL and W4VEC Volunteer Examiner. Bill has worked extensively with Boy Scouts, and served on the staff of K2BSA at the 2001 and 2005 National Jamborees. He has helped over 1,800 Boy Scouts earn the Radio Merit badge, and has helped over 300 Scouts and Scout leaders nationally and in North Carolina get licensed. He served as the first chairman of CARES, the Carolinas Amateur Radio Emergency Services, from 2001 to 2006, implementing a 220 MHz network in southeastern North Carolina dedicated to public health traffic in disasters. Since 2008, he has served as head of communications for the Beach 2 Battleship triathlon, the only full iron distance (140.6 miles over 17 hours) triathlon in the Roanoke Division. Bill and his wife run an independent financial planning practice in Wilmington. The North Carolina Section is fortunate to have so many strong leaders like Bill and I know you will join me in supporting him as he assumes his new and challenging responsibilities. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, CW WORKS! Running our section SSB nets has been a big challenge since we returned to standard time. The band frequently goes long soon after sunset and while Midwest stations boom in, it's hard to hear others in North Carolina. There have been several Tarheel nets with NO check-ins because of poor band conditions. So I've been occasionally checking into our section CW nets to get my "net fix" and polish my rusty fist. I've been amazed at how often I've listened to a struggling SSB net only to move to the CW frequencies to find a full net with perfectly readable stations from all over the state. It's a reminder of the effectiveness of CW even in poor conditions. Joel Hallas, W1ZR, wrote an interesting article about CW for the May, 2007 QST. According to Joel, CW has major advantages over voice and other modes. CW has much lower bandwidth than SSB. How well we can receive a signal is specified by its signal to noise ratio (SNR). If we change our receive filter from 2.5kHz for voice to 250Hz for CW we reduce the received noise power by a factor of 10. That's equivalent to 2 S-units improvement in SNR. To gain the same SNR improvement with SSB we would need to increase the transmit power from 100w to 1000w! With a higher SNR for CW, it's much easier to detect a weak CW signal than a weak voice signal. A good CW operator can copy code at or below the noise level. To copy voice it takes a minimum of 3-5 dB SNR. Because of the narrower bandwidth, five or more CW stations can fit into the space one SSB signal can fit. But what's this all mean? It means your CW signal can usually get through when your voice signal cannot. Your 100w CW transmitter can get to places that your neighbor's 2000w voice transmitter can't! So try one of our CW nets some night when you're struggling to copy the net control for an SSB net. A great place to start is with the Carolina Slow Net, which meets nightly at 8pm on 3.571MHz. Helpful info on the net can be found at http://bellsouthpwp2.net/r/g/rg_burns/index.htm. UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC March 13-14: Charlotte Hamfest, Concord April 3: NC State Convention, Raleigh Hamfest DECEMBER TRAFFIC K4IWW 561 (BPL), N3BW 267, W2EAG 233, KI4YV 228, W4DNA 61, W4TTO 61, W4FAL 45, KE4AHC 34, K8SKX 30, W4EHF 26, KC4PGN 22, W3HL 21, NC4VA 16. DECEMBER PSHR NC4VA 273, K4IWW 130, W4DNA 130, W4FAL 130, W2EAG 110, KI4YV 100, W4TTO 100.
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“Turn out the lights the Party’s Over” If you missed the Christmas Party at the Blue Bay Seafood you missed a good time. Everyone really enjoy OUR Clubs get together. Positive note was we had 24 folks committed to the event and had 26 folks that showed up. So we were plus two, that always good news to be in the plus column. Lee (WA4ALZ) was not able to make it but the prayer was led by Jeff (KJ4GZE), good job Jeff. Thanks to Don (AE4AH) for obtain and setting up the restaurant for us. If you missed our November club meeting, you probably don’t know about the big picture, two of these Big Pictures were donated as door prizes. They were photographs taken by Don on his and Jeans recent trip to France. Let’s just say they were Big Picture and both were frame able. Thanks to Austin and Cooper for helping out with Santa. We had an excellent waitress’s staff and lot of fun. After eating our meal, the club celebrated a club member Birthday, Larry (KF4HOP). Our first sing along by our waitress’s leading us in the famous Happy Birthday song. The song still echo’s in my mind. Santa was scheduled to be there but his agent called and said that he was over booked; Santa was flying United Air Ways from California with a 11:50 PM arrival time so I stepped in to cover for him. The waitress’s again lead us in song a typical old Christmas sing along Song “Here Comes Santa Clause” but the song was cut short because as our aged members could not remember all the words. Closing Song was after our favorite Basketball team “ My Old Kentucky Home” I was the only one that was singing. I made that part up. Until next year, why don’t you come up and see us sometime.
AE4AH - Don and Jean
K3VET – Bill, Dianne
and Austin That 13 Club Members and 13 guests, Merry Christmas To All And To All A Good Night. KD4OZI - PAUL |
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Dear ACARC
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RE: State meeting Gentlemen, Several points came out of the meeting on Saturday, which are listed below. I think these were good points, and believe that is the way we should proceed. Tom has asked NCEM what they are going to require, when we have an answer then we will proceed with their requirements. Thanks 1. ICS training
requirements 2. County EC's
institute two types of ARES membership 3. Possibility
of developing a central database of all ICS trained ARES
members, with copies of certificates
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| 28-Feb-10 | North Carolina QSO Party | Where is it? | Arrival Time 12:20 PM | ||
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SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX005
ARLX005 IARU Region 2 and Radio Club de Chile Request Amateurs to Keep Emergency Frequencies Clear ZCZC AX05 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 5 ARLX005 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 1, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX005 ARLX005 IARU Region 2 and Radio Club de Chile Request Amateurs to Keep Emergency Frequencies Clear A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile at 0634 UTC on February 27, 2010, triggering a potential tsunami. IARU Region 2 and the Red Chilena Nor Austral de Servicio (RECNA) have suggested Amateur Radio operators monitor the following emergency communications frequencies for traffic pertaining to the earthquake and tsunami: 3.738, 3.750, 7.050, 7.100, 14.200, 14.350, 21.200, 21.350, 28.300 and 28.500 MHz. IARU Region 2 Area Emergency Coordinator Jorge Sierra, LU1AS, reports that there is now traffic at frequencies of 40 meters from people seeking information from people in Chile: "We would appreciate if amateurs would leave free the frequencies used by RECNA, as well as the usual IARU Region 2 frequencies on in 20, 40, and 80 meters." In addition to the above frequencies, you may also want to listen to the worldwide emergency communication Center of Activity frequencies: 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz. Other suggested monitoring frequencies are 3.720, 7.045 and 7.060 MHz. Hawaiian Amateur Radio operators on the lookout for a possible tsunami are monitoring 7.088 and 3.888 MHz. NNNN /EX
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Items In the news to read
items go to NEW NC PIC APPOINTED PREVIEW - ROANOKE DIVISION
CONVENTION Speaking at the Hamfest, come and see me at Stanly County K4OGB tables 204, 205 and 206 Paul - KD4OZI |
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To:
"kd4ima" <kd4ima@arrl.net>, "n4ib" <n4ib@arrl.org>,
"N2COP" <n2cop@ec.rr.com>, "Ron Knapp"
<rknapp19@suddenlink.net>, "n4tab" <n4tab@earthlink.net>,
"kd4ozi" <kd4ozi@bellsouth.net>
Cc:
"wa4akb" <wa4akb@nc.rr.com>
Gentlemen, Tom has advised me that
State EM is on a level 4 activation, which puts ARES
on standby, but this may change depending upon the
severity of the storm. If there are any activations
in any area, please let everyone know through the
email list server.
I would like to see
the meaning of the different levels of activations
put on the state ares page, which can be found on
the Wake Co
Depending upon the severity of this storm the
Tarheel Net may be needed, so if any area needs the
net up, please send out a request on Mark, would you please think about some
volunteers for net control if we are needed, if not
then our regular schedule will take place. I will in & out of home tomorrow, but will be available by cell phone, the number is below just in case you didn't already have it. Good Luck to All Bernard Nobles WA4MOK
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To:
"NC Amateur Radio Emergency Service email list"
<ncares-admin@rtpnet.org>, "SmithChart" <smithchart@yahoogroups.com>,
"rars" <rars-l@rtpnet.org>
The EmComm bill that passed the
US Senate last week, S1755, is headed back
to the US House
Committee on Energy & Commerce.
Remember when writing to be respectful and brief, as we're asking them to do us a favor. And passage of this bill will be great for Amateur
Radio in many ways. -To find the email (and snailmail) address of your congressman, go to https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/
-A sample letter for Representative Butterfield or Myrick might read: Dear Honorable .., As a constituent and supporter, I am writing to ask your support for the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Act of 2009 HR 2160. As you know, the Senate version of this bill S1755, passed the Senate unanimously. The House version HR 2160 was originally introduced in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, of which you are a member. The bill acknowledges the contribution of FCC licensed amateur radio operators in providing essential communications (at no cost to the government and purely voluntarily) in times of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, ice storms and floods. Upon passage, the Bill would direct the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency communications. S 1755 points out that "There is a strong Federal interest in the effective performance of Amateur Radio Service stations, and that performance must be given -- (A) support at all levels of government; and (B) protection against unreasonable regulation and impediments to the provision of the valuable communications provided by such stations." Sincerely, Your Name and Callsign
If you are not in Districts 1 or 9, please write your Congressman/woman, and ask that they co-sponsor and/or support HR 2160. Write as an individual citizen and not as a member of ARRL or a specific radio club. Feel free to note the disasters you have paricipated in. Edit the above letter as needed.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy, safe
and prosperous New Year. 12/26/09 |
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Hello All,
Everyone
is invited to the
Mecklenburg
Amateur Radio Societies,
W4BFB, club auction this
Tuesday evening,
January 26th at
7:30PM at East Baptist
Church, at 6850 Monroe
Road, next to
East Mecklenburg High
School. This
auction is free
and open to all W4BFB
members and the general
public to buy and sell
and everyone is
encouraged to
participate. Jerry Malin,
N2HV will serve as our
auctioneer, and Tom Hunt
KA3VVJ will be our
treasurer.
To encourage
participation, this is a
totally free
auction, there are no
fees or charges for
anyone to buy or sell at
the auction.
Please try and limit
your items to
electronics,
ham radio gear,
and things used in the
shack.
Remember the Charlotte
Hamfest isn't too far
away so now is a great
time to sell some items
to build up that hamfest
fund.
one mans junk is another
mans treasure.
If you would like to
sell any items, please
come about 7PM, so we
can get you registered
and items checked in
before the club meeting
begins. You will be
asked what the minimum
price you will accept,
and items will not be
sold below that minimum
without your permission.
To speed the flow, our
treasurer will collect
all monies for items
sold and at the end of
the auction, monies will
be distributed to the
sellers.
If anyone has any
questions please email
Bill Fisher W4GRW at
w4grw@w4bfb,org
73 de w4grw
Bill Fisher
Mecklenburg Amateur
Society, Vice President
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Haiti Earthquake Disaster Up Dated 1/14/10 |
| Attention, (Saturday 1/16/10) Just so you know, there will be a foxhunt held tomorrow in Gaston County. All interested in hunting are welcome to come out and join us. The group will meet around 8:30 am at Munchies on Chestnut in Gastonia for breakfast and a little fellowship before the hunt. The fox will begin transmitting at 10:00. Please feel free to join us for what is always a great time, and also a good chance to work on some training, just in case we should ever have to use those skills on a real hunt. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, and I'll see if I can answer your questions. Thanks, and see you tomorrow. 73, Michael-AJ4QJ 1/15/10 |
| Silent Key Margie Blalock - KC4WUC Some of you may have talked with Margie on 147.390
machine. Margie is Benton (WA4CHZ) wife. Got a call from Don, AE4AH, about Ms Margie. Below is the
obituary from the
Charlotte Observer. Call added by W4EAT. |
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2010
ARRL
Straight Key Night 12/31/09 |
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Hello Everyone,
Blue Bay Seafood Steve - WB4TSN P.S. Bring an exchange gift of $2 to $3 dollars. |
Plenty of room sign up now Need and answer yes or no Paul - KD4OZI
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| Greetings, We will be conducting the SET for Rowan county this Saturday 5 Dec 09 starting some time between 9 to 11 AM and lasting approximately 1 hour. We may be having some assistance from Iredell county as well. The Salisbury Post article located here http://www.salisburypost.com/News/120309-amateur-radio-test-ares-set Thank you, -- Gary H. Lang K4GHL (@) ARRL.NET Rowan County ARES EC http://www.rowancares.org |
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gaarc_mail@yahoogro ups.com;
gastoncountyares@ yahoogroups. com; gcars@yahoogroups. com Subject: Silent Key Margaret just called. Listed in today's paper is Arnold K Williams, KD4LCD. He was at all ARES meetings that he was able to attend and we'll all miss him. K4GLP. Gaston County EC George |
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To:
ka4att@arrl.net
Sam Cabarrus County
OK Guys and
Ladies........................
You asked for it, now here
it
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| Just a reminder............................... The Concord Christmas Parade will be this Sat. (Nov. 21). There will be a Fun Run that starts about 2:00pm, and the parade should start at 2:30. We probably need to e in the area of downtown around 1:15 - 1:30 or so. If you have helped before, you know it gets crowded fairly early. This also lets Kenneth know who is where, and we can make last minute adjustments to the positions if needed. I talked to Kenneth this morning, and we still need 2-3 more people to help out. If you are able to help, and weren't at the meeting, please call him and let him know. His cell number is 704-490-1607. Or you can catch Jackie on the radio and he can get a message to him. Again, this is the most exposure we get in front of the public all year........ Let's make sure we put our best foot forward, and have a good turn-out. I hope to talk to you there. 73 Sam KA4ATT Cabarrus County |
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Basic and Advance Skywarn Class
11/21/2009 "George Huffman" <ghuffman3@carolina.rr.com> I thought I would forward this. Just a reminder of the tomorrows Skywarn class in Salisbury.
Thanks, Greetings, Charlotte Area Skywarn site http://www.charlotteskywarn.org What is Skywarn? SKYWARN is a concept developed in the early 1970s that was intended to promote a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and communities. The emphasis of the effort is often focused on the storm spotter, an individual who takes a position near their community and reports wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud formations that could signal a developing tornado. Another part of SKYWARN™ is the receipt and effective distribution of National Weatherr Service information. (See link above for more)
National Weather Service
Greenville Spartanburg Skywarn site
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/skywarn/skywarn.htm
Gary Lang
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Veterans Day November 11, 2009 Pass this link on to any
Veterans you may know. Veterans eat free at Applebee’s
on
Nov 11th. They might even let in
Air Force veterans.
The Applebee's in
Albemarle will be honoring our Veterans on this day. http://www.applebees.com/vetsday/#identification My hat is off to all of our Veteran's and those that are still serving our County. Paul - KD4OZI |
| SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test is a nationwide exercise in emergency communications, which gives communicators the opportunity to focus on the emergency-communications capability within their communities while interacting with NTS and other section nets. The July issue of QST included the results of the 2008 SET. Out of 71 ARRL sections, North Carolina was 6th in total SET points and second in section/local net participation! Cleveland County ARES had the highest point total among local ARES groups in our state. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for your participation! Now it's time to get ready for the 2009 SET, with the national exercise set for October 3-4. The state ARES drill will occur on October 3 and the drill scenario will be announced on the Tarheel Emergency Net at 7:30pm on Friday, October 2. The Tarheel Emergency Net will be active on or around 3.923MHz on October 3 from 8am to 12noon to support local SET exercises scheduled on the ARRL's national SET weekend. Our regular National Traffic System (NTS) nets will be operating during the weekend on their regular schedule to provide additional support. You don't have to schedule your SET event on October 3. SET-type activities held at anytime during the fall can be counted towards our section SET score. I know fall is a busy time for public service events and one NC club plans to combine their SET with a scheduled public service event - a great idea! You may download a copy of the 2009 SET reporting forms and read the SET Guidelines on the ARRL Web Page. See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/setguide.html for appropriate links. The reporting forms (Forms A, B, and C) are found at this specific address in Adobe PDF and Word formats: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#ec_set.
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October 22nd K4OGB Club Meeting Start Time: 6:30 pm Stanly Community College (Albemarle) At the Auditorium Presenter: Jeff Orrock (Raleigh NOAA) Skywarn & Winter Warning Lot's of seats available - Public and
all are invited. Jeff does a excellent job presenting NOAA
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STATE ARES MEETING AGENDA The fall state ARES meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17 from 9:30am to 12:30pm in the Health Sciences Building at Western Piedmont Community College, 1001 Burkemont Ave., Morganton. The college is off exit 103 on I-40. Parking is available in Parking Lot 1, near the Sam Ervin Library. Talk-in will be on the 147.150MHz repeater. Section EC Bernie Nobles, WA4MOK, will be providing an update on section ARES activities and Western Branch Assistant Section EC Paul Robinette, KD4OZI, will talk about work in the Western Branch. Central Branch Assistant Section EC Tom Brown, N4TAB, will cover NC Emergency Management's new Winlink system. Former NC Section Manager John Covington, W4CC, will present some preliminary results from the state digital study. Section Manager Tim Slay, N4IB, will provide an update from ARRL HQ and offer suggestions on the effective management of volunteers. We will also have an open discussion on ARES membership training requirements. Lunch is planned afterwards at a pizza buffet restaurant across from the college. There's plenty of room so bring a friend or two and join us! SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test is a nationwide exercise in emergency communications, which gives communicators the opportunity to focus on the emergency-communications capability within their communities while interacting with NTS and other section nets. The July issue of QST included the results of the 2008 SET. Out of 71 ARRL sections, North Carolina was 6th in total SET points and second in section/local net participation! Cleveland County ARES had the highest point total among local ARES groups in our state. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for your participation! Now it's time to get ready for the 2009 SET, with the national exercise set for October 3-4. The state ARES drill will occur on October 3 and the drill scenario will be announced on the Tarheel Emergency Net at 7:30pm on Friday, October 2. The Tarheel Emergency Net will be active on or around 3.923MHz on October 3 from 8am to 12noon to support local SET exercises scheduled on the ARRL's national SET weekend. Our regular National Traffic System (NTS) nets will be operating during the weekend on their regular schedule to provide additional support. You don't have to schedule your SET event on October 3. SET-type activities held at anytime during the fall can be counted towards our section SET score. I know fall is a busy time for public service events and one NC club plans to combine their SET with a scheduled public service event - a great idea! You may download a copy of the 2009 SET reporting forms and read the SET Guidelines on the ARRL Web Page. See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/setguide.html for appropriate links. The reporting forms (Forms A, B, and C) are found at this specific address in Adobe PDF and Word formats: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#ec_set.
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NC ARES Fall Meeting
Presenters: SM-N4IB, Tim Slay Date: October 17, 2009 Address: 1001 Burkemont Ave. We have plenty of room, bring a friend or two and come
and join us for the State fall meeting. Morganton was
picked as a central location for those in the Western
Branch. Don’t let us down, be there and we hope to see
you at the meeting.
Paul – KD4OZI
Question>
E-Mail Me Parking - Sen.Sam Ervin library – HS 160
1st parking lot. WPCC has implemented a tobacco free campus policy so that use of tobacco products is not allowed on any school property. I don't think that will affect anyone adversely. Lunch - Directly across the street from the College
is a excellent Pizza Buffet
The local repeater is 147.150 (W4JIU)
I should be there around 8:30 am
Michelle – KD4YTU
9/10/09
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Club
meeting (Oct. 22, 2009) Jeff Orrock from the
National Weather Service (NOAA) from Raleigh was at the College
and gave us an over view of the effects that we may have with
Winter Weather this year.
Jeff was to the point and as usually gave us an excellent
presentation. Jeff also covered the NOAA weather
(Internet) maps and weather warnings that We will say an O.K. turn out 21 folks Stanly County had Brian Simpson (Emergency Manage), John Yow (EMS Manager), Don Little (County Ranger) and Jeremy Callicut (Asst. County Ranger). Stanly County ARC had 11 members and 4 guest another ham attended, I didn’t get his name I think that he was from Randolph County.
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October 24th QRP party at the Oakboro Park went well. The table was scheduled for noon by another group. We felt that we be out without interrupting the invited by 11 am. All went well Antenna set up went well. The day that was select for our event was also a DX contest day. We had lots of heavy signals received but we could make a single contact too many pile up on the frequencies that we heard. A good turn out, a little rain mid morning, weather wise a date that one of us must of ordered. Our Talking Myna bird did say much other then “Where’s William and Where’s John" over and over again?? Does anyone want to by a used Myna Bird?
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| QRP Party October 24th @ Oakboro Park Start Time 8AM to Noon We will need help setting up antenna's for the QRP radio. Will also need a radio 2 meter for Talk-in 147.390 + and will need operators and/or loggers. KD4OZI-Paul |
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Skywarn Training Class We need a good
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K4OGB North Carolina QSO Party
John – K3ON Bill K4VET
Lane KS4PG What a excellent NC QSO party. The turn out was lighter then expected looks like a few expected, (expectee’s) missed because of the bad weather, lots of rain, lots of rain. The food, Stew provided by Lane, using Ed’s (W4KMA) special patented recipe was excellent. The cheese was very good but I missed the wine. Lots of contact made and all that attended had a great time. We used Ed’s, almost new Radio and it was a hit and we were hoping it was a door prize but we were wrong. Ed listed it as a no trade, no sale item. The radio had lots of bells and whistles. Normally they would be lots of knob turning but the new radio appears to use more button pushing, a real neat radio and the folks enjoyed Ed bringing it for our use. Charles our kitchen Manager must have worked as a CEO for a major Air Lines as the food was hot and on time. Hat’s off to Lane for putting this together and for the food, drinks and the excellent facilities for us to meet, a good location in Stanly County. Chopper Up, Bill (KC4TDC) brought his Helicopter that he talks about (a lot) and launched the helicopter in the middle of the floor (now referred to as Pad 11), good results and good demonstration of Bill’s flying ability. Bill appeared to be a little nervous. At the end of his flight Bill was out of breather, the group taught Bill the breath in, breath out method for a longer life. It was really nice meeting the folks that we have not met or seen in a while. Jeff, (KJ4GZE) just got his General ticket and Ginger (KJ4JWU) is our newest ham in Stanly County. It always good to meet old friends and new ones. On the Wednesday ARES/Club net lots of good comments on the QSO party and they would like to see the Club do this event on yearly bases, something to defiantly think about. Before I close special thanks to the baking ladies, Cookies that Robin’s (WA4NLF) mother Ruby made, Blue Berry muffins Don’s (AE4AH) wife Jean provided and special thanks to maker and baker of the pound cake and other assorted items provided by Judy, Lanes (KS4PG) wife. I think that most of us were on the road before the snow started. A note from Lane on our score… Results mailed. We made 99, 2 point contacts and we had 50
multipliers for a total of 9900. We worked both W4NC and W4WS
that gave us 150 bonus points. The total submitted score was Paul – KD4OZI |
| The Albemarle 444.900 (444.900 + Tone
110.9) repeater went on the air around lunch time today and is
on the link system now. Initial testing shows good portable
coverage along most of Hwy 24/27 between Mint Hill and Albemarle
and along Hwy 73 in Cabarrus and Stanly counties. Portable
coverage is excellent
throughout the city limits of Albemarle.
Mobile coverage looks good south to Wadesboro and west into
Mecklenburg County as well. We've also had a few portable check-in's
from the Richfield area as well. Posted by KD4ADL on Tuesday 28 April 2009 - 23:32:08 | Read/Post Comment: 0 | Thanks to Jeff (KJ4GZE) for making us aware of this on the Friday Tech net. |
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OAKBORO
- Fred Thomas Smith, 82, of Oakboro, formerly of Kannapolis,
died Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Stanly Manor in Albemarle
following a period of declining health. He was born Feb. 6,
1928 in Alexander County son of the late Harry Lee and
Pansie Leola Ferguson Smith. He was a former member of
Centerview Baptist Church in Kannapolis and attended St.
Martin Lutheran Church in Albemarle. Mr. Smith was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy and had retired from the Merchant Marines
with 44 years of service. He had served in the Great Lakes
area for 35 years. Fred was known for his electronic
expertise and built and repaired computers. He was a well
known longtime ham radio operator and computer user. Funeral
services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Whitley's
Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Judy Copeland. The
family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour
prior to the funeral. At other times they will be at the
residence. Interment will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park,
China Grove. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Crowell of
the Home, and a sister, Claudean Kluttz and husband, Hoy, of
Kannapolis. He was preceded in death by a sister, Maylene
Berryman and two brothers, James Grady Smith and Harvey Lee
Smith. Whitley's Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr.
Smith. Online condolences may be sent to
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